Thursday's Thoughts ~ Miles between us...

You can’t put a price tag on living near family. I grateful everyday that we live near Mark, Tiff, Cash, Colby, and Christopher. I know the stories and pictures I post would be very different if we didn't live nearby our precious family. I hope that never changes. I can't imagine not being able to watch Cash and Colby grow up. I don't ever want to miss out on Sunday dinners, birthday parties, Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

I look at this map of the United States and I have family members that I love that live so far away. It makes me sad that I can't see them more often. I have brothers, a sister, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews that live in California, Colorado, Minnesota, Wyoming, Michigan, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, Georgia, Arkansas, Washington, Indiana, New Mexico, and Tennessee. 

Even though I manage to see most of my siblings and my mom once or twice a year, the time with them never feels like it's long enough. It goes quickly and there is always a sense of emptiness as we part.

I have a beloved aunt that lives in Oklahoma. She will be celebrating her 80th birthday on May 30th. Her daughters are hosting a birthday party for her on June 1st.  

Mark and Tiff gave me a plane ticket for Mother's Day so I can go. I have never been to Oklahoma. I am so excited to spend a few days with Aunt Bernice and her family. Thanks so much Mark and Tiff, I appreciate your generosity!


I would love to visit my nephew Kevin and his family in Georgia. His daughter McKinley is very sick. She needs a heart transplant and I pray for her everyday.  

You can’t put a price tag on family... 

no matter how close or far away you live from them.

Grandma Day ~ Discovery Park with Cash!

Cash took all these pictures, silly boy!

Quote of the Week ~ Favorite day...

 

Thursday's Thoughts ~ Everything Spring...

Spring is one of my favorite seasons running a close second with Autumn. I love Spring for its freshness and the vibrate colors.

 

Being brought up on a farm, Spring is always about new life as well, lambing, foals being born and so on. Even though I don't live rural now, I still enjoy looking for that and love to watch all the new life.

We have had a beautiful Spring, complete with a few snow storms. 

 

The mornings are glorious and we have enjoyed the evening rain showers.

 

After the quiet and stillness of winter everything in Spring seems to be busy, the birds rushing around, the shoots coming up and the first spring flowers opening their blooms showing off their beauty. The days are getting longer and the daylight lifts my spirits.

 

 

I can be outside with Cash and Colby a lot more and I love it!!

 

The End!

Quote of the Week ~ Blessings...

We sang this song at church yesterday. Tears came into my eyes and I thought of all my blessings. It brought back childhood memories of attending the Nazarene church with my family. We also sang this song many times at the conclusion of church services. It's a simple song... a doxology, a short hymn of praise to God written by Thomas Ken in 1674.

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;

Praise him, all creatures here below;

Praise him above, ye heavenly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Two of the many things I am grateful for today...

On May 1, my great-niece McKinley had to have open heart surgery.

In a few hours she will be back home, and I hope she will continue to improve!

And on Friday, May 3 Raeland Thomas Ivan Federer was born. My newest great-nephew weighing in at 7 pounds 4 ounces! He arrived healthy and strong and I can't wait to meet him!

Thursday's Thoughts ~ It's May already...

I can't believe it's May already. I am looking forward to the warmer weather and of course working in the yard (not)! I have so many things I need to do, but the what makes me most happy these days is spending time with Cash and Colby. Surprise!

I hope you have a stellar month and you do things that make you happy, the things that matter most!

"We become so caught up in the busyness of our lives. Were we to step back, however, and take a good look at what we’re doing, we may find that we have immersed ourselves in the 'thick of thin things.' In other words, too often we spend most of our time taking care of the things which do not really matter much at all in the grand scheme of things, neglecting those more important causes." —Thomas S. Monson

My to-do list can wait for another day!

Quote of the Week ~ Beautiful morning...

"Oh, what a beautiful Mornin'
Oh, what a beautiful day.
I've got a beautiful feelin'
Everything's goin' my way.
Oh, what a beautiful day!"
~  Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II